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The Physiological, Psychological, and Social Impacts of Methamphetamine

demand because it is cheap and easily available. It is cheap and easily available because it is so easy to manufacture. Methamph...

Steroid Abuse in Major League Baseball

2007, p. 128). After all, if 23 New York Mets players have either taken in the past or are currently taking performance-enhancing...

Epidemiology; Intravenous Drug Users in New York

users were admitted, which made up 0.2% of all the relevant admissions and cocaine users, (no smoked) had 12,876 admissions, makin...

Detection of Date Rape Drugs

have to look quickly" (Date Rape Drugs, 2007). As can be seen, the drugs are often all but impossible to detect for the...

The Pharmaceutical Industry

obtained from economies of scope and scale had been a major driving factor behind the level of mergers and acquisitions which are ...

Judy Garland's Drug Addiction During "The Wizard Of Oz"

3 pages in length. The writer briefly discusses how "The Wizard of Oz" was Garland's first major step toward a life of drug addic...

Sonny’s Blues by James Baldwin

is addicted, pointing out that it was simply part of his wild nature, thus letting the reader see how the brother is being affecte...

Speech-Language Therapy/Children w/ADHD

strategies used to identify the function of the target behavior" (Stahr, et al, 2006, p. 201). In other words, an intervention is ...

Drug Testing in the Workplace

coming up "dirty" that the cost of the process is not effective (Holding, 2006). However, one must clearly stop and consider, wi...

The Use of Anabolic Steroids Among High School Students

the necessity of these models. Are mandatory testing programs effective? Before embarking on a review of the literature in terms...

Mood Disorder: Case Study

Being a temporary mood lifter, marijuana actually creates even more of a problem for someone experiencing the throes of major depr...

The Dangers of Methamphetamine Use

the incredibly negative impact that meth has on these individuals health and welfare and, in fact, on the health and welfare of so...

Problems of Adolescence

Drug use is common among teens today, and most say "pressure usually is the reason for their usage" (Teenage drug abuse, 2004). If...

Psychologists and Drug Prescribing Privileges

In ten pages this report assesses whether or not prescribing drugs to clients should be a privilege enjoyed by psychologists in a ...

Tutorial on Whether or Not Hyperactive Children Should be Treated with Drugs

In six pages this tutorial defines ADD, ADHD, and MBD, along with diagnosis and treatments of each outlined and then opines with j...

Mexico and Corruption

changed. Mexicos history, again, is rather dismal in terms of corruption and much work is yet to be done. II. Police Corruption...

Drug Legalization Philosophical Pros and Cons

In five pages the pros and cons of drug legalization are assessed from a philosophical perspective. Four sources are cited in the...

Problem of Prescription Drugs in the U.S.

In eight pages this paper discusses the growing American problem of prescription drugs in a consideration of how they are used leg...

Miracle Drugs and Placebo Effect Applications

In five pages the placebo effect and miracle drug concepts are considered in this examination of health inequities, infectious dis...

Pediatric Patients and the Use of Drugs Like Tetracycline

In seven pages this paper examines pediatric patients in a consideration of research regarding the uses of such drugs as tetracycl...

Stopping Drug Trafficking

In a paper consisting of nine pages the task of halting the trafficking of drugs is exposed as being much easier said than done. ...

Program of Drug Treatement and Prevention

In five pages an effective program of drug treatment and prevention is presented with a discussion of budget, personnel, administr...

1980s' 'Rave Culture'

In five pages this paper presents an overview of the 1980s' rave culture in a consideration of the detrimental aspects of using re...

Ventricular Tachycardia and Treatment Modality For Ventricular Tachycardia And/Or Ventricular Fibrillation: Antiarrhythmic Drugs, Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Or Both?

if one approach is, indeed, more beneficial than the other or if there is a need to administer both in certain circumstances, a co...

Overview of Hallucinogens

LSD, lysergic acid diethylamide LSD or LSD-25, known as lysergic acid diethylamide, was first synthesized in 1938 by Albert Hoff...

Drug Ionization, Absorption, Excretion

it is retained in the system prior to being excreted. Unionized forms of weak electrolytes cross membranes more readily, i.e. the...

Aggression Causes

In fifteen pages aggression causes are discussed in terms of the patriarchal society's role and female oppression, physical effect...

Athletics, Self Esteem, and Drugs

drugs will enhance performance while others will deteriorate performance. Performance-enhancing drugs have been used by athletes i...

Drug Abuse Historical Overview

identify, and treat deviants" (Indiana.edu, 2001). Conflict theory and its variants - Marxism/radical sociology/critical theory an...

Suicide's Nature and its Treatment

In eight pages this paper examines suicide in an overview that focuses upon treatment in a contrast and comparison of cognitive be...